Dame has faith Blazers will be better this season,小李的拓荒夢!
"I think over the years we've always had a competitive team, I think we'll be competitive again," Lillard said Monday at the team's media day.
"Obviously, at the end of last season I wanted to see our roster improve. I wanted us to have a better chance to win. And we had our conversations throughout the summer about what that looked like, and how we could take steps in that direction. I come into this season with faith that that's going to happen."
Here is why Larry Nance Jr. was the most underrated addition of the offseason。
The Portland Trail Blazers have long had a strong duo in Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum. But can Larry Nance Jr. be their missing link ?
流行小球的球風之下,Larry Nance Jr. 會是最適合拓荒版的死亡五小的中鋒嗎 ?
the addition of Nance for Portland may end up having a bigger impact than anything else that happened in the trade. Nance was one of the most impactful and most versatile defensive big men in the league.
Similarly, among all teams in the Western Conference, only the Golden State Warriors were more efficient on all handoffs than the Trail Blazers were (1.00 PPP) in 2020-21. Golden State’s appearance atop that particular leaderboard is no coincidence considering that three-time NBA champion Draymond Green anchors the handoff actions for the Warriors.
Even as far back as during his rookie campaign in 2016, Nance declared himself a point forward and he has consistently compared himself to Green.